You have probably seen that for a few days the Google search engine page appears with its logo adorned with different known figures. And they commemorate that a month like this, In November 40 years ago, Sesame Street was born (Sesame Street in Hispano-America).
Epi and Blas, the Gustavo Frog, Coco, Elmo, the Cookie Monster ... are already forty. But for them the years do not pass, and it is that they have been renovating and adapting to the present, as we see them in "Play with me, Sesame", a new format with the same didactic but updated contents. And even jumping off the screen and transforming the traditional stuffed animals to turn one of his characters into a whole show.
Specifically, it was on November 10, 1969 when all these fun characters first sneaked into the homes of Americans through television. Eight years later, in 1977, they arrived on the screens of Spain, in an exclusive version for Spain with Espinete, the Caponata Chicken, Don Pimpón…
Since then, generations of boys and girls have grown up with the adventures, songs and games of Sesame Street, and even today it fascinates me to see how they continue to fascinate children, teaching them but especially having fun. Today they are already 37 seasons on the air, 4135 episodes and many followers throughout these four decades.
His famous characters, the "Muppets" in America or Los Teleñecos in Spain, are puppets created by Jim Henson and have made this program for children the most durable in the history of television.
I especially liked the Spanish version, the hedgehog Espinete and Don Pimpon, and I especially remember the moment when, somewhat older, "I discovered" that under Espinete there was nothing less than a flesh and blood girl ... From here, I cry out for a new version of these Spanish-style characters ...
Now that Sesame Street has returned to the TVE screens, surely in more than one house you have small followers of the most emblematic characters of the series who have no idea that Sesame Street is already 40 years old. Congratulations and may it be many more years!
